Andrew Newell was first in qualifying in today's World Championship Classic Sprint at the Sapporo Dome in Japan.
Four Americans made the elimination heats: Newell, Torin Koos (15th), Kikkan Randall (21st), Laura Valaas (23rd)
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MEN 1 9 Newell Andrew USA *17:02:15 3:04.71 0.00 Q 2 1 Hjelmeset Odd Bjorn NOR *17:00:15 3:04.93 +0.22 Q 3 10 Joensson Emil SWE *17:02:30 3:05.68 +0.97 Q 4 4 Roenning Eldar NOR *17:01:00 3:05.81 +1.10 Q 5 40 Larsson Mats SWE *17:10:00 3:06.14 +1.43 Q 6 17 Lind Bjoern SWE *17:04:15 3:06.25 +1.54 Q 7 3 Svartedal Jens Arne NOR *17:00:45 3:06.80 +2.09 Q 8 36 Koschevoy Yevgeniy KAZ *17:09:00 3:07.05 +2.34 Q 9 5 Rotchev Vassili RUS *17:01:15 3:07.40 +2.69 Q 10 41 Devjatiarov Michail RUS *17:10:15 3:07.64 +2.93 Q 11 27 Lassila Kalle FIN *17:06:45 3:07.71 +3.00 Q 12 35 Strandvall Matias FIN *17:08:45 3:07.79 +3.08 Q 13 2 Krezelok Janusz POL *17:00:30 3:08.29 +3.58 Q 14 7 Morilov Nikolay RUS *17:01:45 3:08.48 +3.77 Q 15 11 Koos Torin USA *17:02:45 3:09.24 +4.53 Q 16 29 Miranda Cyril FRA *17:07:15 3:09.79 +5.08 Q 17 26 Pyykonen Lauri FIN *17:06:30 3:10.27 +5.56 Q 18 6 Myhlback Petter SWE *17:01:30 3:11.20 +6.49 Q 19 24 Kozisek Dusan CZE *17:06:00 3:11.21 +6.50 Q 20 14 Onda Yuichi JPN *17:03:30 3:12.04 +7.33 Q 21 18 Frasnelli Loris ITA *17:04:30 3:12.39 +7.68 Q 22 43 Cherepanov Sergey KAZ *17:10:45 3:12.89 +8.18 Q 23 51 Poltaranin Alexey KAZ *17:12:45 3:12.99 +8.28 Q 24 12 Hetland Tor Arne NOR *17:03:00 3:13.07 +8.36 Q 25 13 Pasini Renato ITA *17:03:15 3:13.12 +8.41 Q 26 32 Chebotko Nikolay KAZ *17:08:00 3:13.18 +8.47 Q 27 33 Stoeggl Thomas AUT *17:08:15 3:13.76 +9.05 Q 28 30 Kreczmer Maciej POL *17:07:30 3:13.92 +9.21 Q 29 21 Narusk Priit EST *17:05:15 3:14.22 +9.51 Q 30 15 Kummel Peeter EST *17:03:45 3:14.52 +9.81 Q 31 37 Simonlatser Timo EST *17:09:15 3:14.53 +9.82 32 8 Wenzl Josef GER *17:02:00 3:14.55 +9.84 33 31 Crooks Sean CAN *17:07:45 3:14.75 +10.04 34 25 Cook Chris USA *17:06:15 3:14.90 +10.19 35 50 Yamagishi Osamu JPN *17:12:30 3:15.42 +10.71 36 20 Eigenmann Christoph SUI *17:05:00 3:16.10 +11.39 37 57 Putsko Olexandr UKR *17:14:15 3:17.11 +12.40 38 52 Leybyuk Roman UKR *17:13:00 3:17.44 +12.73 39 44 Otcenas Martin SVK *17:11:00 3:17.51 +12.80 40 55 Murray Paul AUS *17:13:45 3:17.54 +12.83 41 22 Kershaw Devon CAN *17:05:30 3:18.39 +13.68 42 38 Kuhn Stefan CAN *17:09:30 3:18.45 +13.74 43 23 Wurm Harald AUT *17:05:45 3:18.80 +14.09 44 53 Wan Xia CHN *17:13:15 3:19.03 +14.32 45 28 Fafalis Lefteris GRE *17:07:00 3:19.24 +14.53 46 19 Darragon Roddy FRA *17:04:45 3:20.18 +15.47 47 46 Shiriaev Sergej RUS *17:11:30 3:20.41 +15.70 48 16 Stockinger Martin AUT *17:04:00 3:20.64 +15.93 49 34 Brodar Nejc SLO *17:08:30 3:22.03 +17.32 50 54 Gumenyak Mikhail UKR *17:13:30 3:22.53 +17.82 51 45 Kraas Oliver RSA *17:11:15 3:22.77 +18.06 52 42 Flora Lars USA *17:10:30 3:22.97 +18.26 53 47 Sun Qinghai CHN *17:11:45 3:24.68 +19.97 54 49 Sim Ben AUS *17:12:15 3:25.34 +20.63 55 69 Ivanov Aleksey BLR *17:17:15 3:26.44 +21.73 56 61 Soulie Francesc AND *17:15:15 3:26.72 +22.01 57 48 Tagscherer Zoltan HUN *17:12:00 3:28.56 +23.85 58 63 Shtun Vitaliy UKR *17:15:45 3:30.34 +25.63 59 83 Antal Zsolt ROU *17:20:45 3:30.50 +25.79 60 71 Hakjin Gim KOR *17:17:45 3:30.83 +26.12 61 73 Kuzmin Daniel ISR *17:18:15 3:31.00 +26.29 62 64 Tzinzov Veselin BUL *17:16:00 3:31.80 +27.09 63 62 Bian Wenyou CHN *17:15:30 3:32.93 +28.22 64 58 Oglago Sabahattin TUR *17:14:30 3:35.88 +31.17 65 59 Peters Kari LUX *17:14:45 3:37.10 +32.39 66 80 Tagscherer Imre HUN *17:20:00 3:37.66 +32.95 67 60 Kizilarslan Muhammet TUR *17:15:00 3:38.76 +34.05 68 39 Widmer Phil CAN *17:09:45 3:39.05 +34.34 69 56 Songtao Wang CHN *17:14:00 3:39.93 +35.22 70 65 Hollo Matyas HUN *17:16:15 3:43.93 +39.22 71 82 Cseke Csaba HUN *17:20:30 3:44.63 +39.92 72 67 Sargsyan Hovhannes ARM *17:16:45 3:44.87 +40.16 73 70 Sahradyan Karapet ARM *17:17:30 3:45.57 +40.86 74 81 Moschovakos Grigoris GRE *17:20:15 3:47.83 +43.12 75 72 Soghoyan Mayis ARM *17:18:00 4:02.52 +57.81 76 74 Kalofyris Nikos GRE *17:18:30 4:03.51 +58.80 77 75 Meliquay Armen ARM *17:18:45 4:05.79 +1:01.08 78 66 Eason Alan GBR *17:16:30 4:07.81 +1:03.10 79 76 Teklemariam Robel ETH *17:19:00 4:19.95 +1:15.24 80 79 Freitas Helio BRA *17:19:45 4:38.84 +1:34.13 81 77 Morrish Rory IRL *17:19:15 4:40.19 +1:35.48 82 68 Silva Danny POR *17:17:00 4:45.74 +1:41.03 83 78 Boit Phillip Kimely KEN *17:19:30 4:59.19 +1:54.48 WOMEN 1 7 Kuitunen Virpi FIN *16:31:45 2:49.56 0.00 Q 2 4 Jacobsen Astrid NOR *16:31:00 2:51.79 +2.23 Q 3 6 Malvalehto Mona-Liisa FIN *16:31:30 2:51.87 +2.31 Q 4 22 Andersson Lina SWE *16:35:30 2:53.45 +3.89 Q 5 13 Dahlberg Anna SWE *16:33:15 2:55.43 +5.87 Q 6 5 Ingmarsdotter Ida SWE *16:31:15 2:56.22 +6.66 Q 7 26 Manninen Pirjo FIN *16:36:30 2:56.48 +6.92 Q 8 24 Kowalczyk Justyna POL *16:36:00 2:56.53 +6.97 Q 9 8 Saarinen Aino Kaisa FIN *16:32:00 2:56.72 +7.16 Q 10 2 Norgren Britta SWE *16:30:30 2:56.78 +7.22 Q 11 16 Majdic Petra SLO *16:34:00 2:56.79 +7.23 Q 12 28 Natsumi Madoka JPN *16:37:00 2:56.97 +7.41 Q 13 32 Prochazkova Alena SVK *16:38:00 2:57.17 +7.61 Q 14 11 Bjoergen Marit NOR *16:32:45 2:57.51 +7.95 Q 15 19 Gjomle Ella NOR *16:34:45 2:57.62 +8.06 Q 16 21 Shapovalova Evgenia RUS *16:35:15 2:58.05 +8.49 Q 17 12 Henkel Manuela GER *16:33:00 2:59.30 +9.74 Q 18 10 Smutna Katerina AUT *16:32:30 2:59.49 +9.93 Q 19 29 Mischol Seraina SUI *16:37:15 2:59.81 +10.25 Q 20 14 Fessel Nicole GER *16:33:30 2:59.98 +10.42 Q 21 3 Randall Kikkan USA *16:30:45 3:00.00 +10.44 Q 22 18 Matveeva Natalia RUS *16:34:30 3:00.37 +10.81 Q 23 50 Valaas Laura USA *16:42:30 3:00.68 +11.12 Q 24 1 Korosteleva Natalia RUS *16:30:15 3:01.27 +11.71 Q 25 9 Bauer Viola GER *16:32:15 3:01.41 +11.85 Q 26 15 Genuin Magda ITA *16:33:45 3:02.03 +12.47 Q 27 17 Rochat Laurence SUI *16:34:15 3:02.48 +12.92 Q 28 20 Boehler Stefanie GER *16:35:00 3:02.70 +13.14 Q 29 27 Sidko Alena RUS *16:36:45 3:03.40 +13.84 Q 30 39 Fukuda Nobuko JPN *16:39:45 3:03.70 +14.14 Q 31 42 Pormeister Piret EST *16:40:30 3:04.17 +14.61 32 25 Crawford Chandra CAN *16:36:15 3:04.39 +14.83 33 34 Skofterud Vibeke W. NOR *16:38:30 3:04.57 +15.01 34 31 Weibel Caroline FRA *16:37:45 3:04.84 +15.28 35 43 Bourgeois Pin Elodie FRA *16:40:45 3:05.08 +15.52 36 52 Garajova Katarina SVK *16:43:00 3:05.10 +15.54 37 30 Fabjan Vesna SLO *16:37:30 3:06.41 +16.85 38 45 Visnar Barbara SLO *16:41:15 3:06.51 +16.95 39 36 Longa Marianna ITA *16:39:00 3:06.73 +17.17 40 44 Jatskaja Oxana KAZ *16:41:00 3:07.11 +17.55 41 38 Sirge Kaili EST *16:39:30 3:07.49 +17.93 42 48 Antonova Elena KAZ *16:42:00 3:08.19 +18.63 43 40 Mannima Tatjana EST *16:40:00 3:09.48 +19.92 44 23 Dandan Man CHN *16:35:45 3:10.76 +21.20 45 57 Nyvltova Eva CZE *16:44:15 3:11.56 +22.00 46 53 Daitch Sarah CAN *16:43:15 3:11.79 +22.23 47 54 Hongxue Li CHN *16:43:30 3:12.33 +22.77 48 41 Kolomina Elena KAZ *16:40:15 3:12.85 +23.29 49 35 Vasiljonok Olga BLR *16:38:45 3:13.51 +23.95 50 37 Moroder Karin ITA *16:39:15 3:13.66 +24.10 51 33 Lopatina Viktoria BLR *16:38:15 3:13.81 +24.25 52 47 Gaiazova Daria CAN *16:41:45 3:14.97 +25.41 53 61 Antsybor Maryna UKR *16:45:15 3:15.81 +26.25 54 55 Bo Song CHN *16:43:45 3:17.31 +27.75 55 46 Santer Stephanie ITA *16:41:30 3:17.95 +28.39 56 51 Issachenko Natalya KAZ *16:42:45 3:17.97 +28.41 57 60 Nesterenko Lada UKR *16:45:00 3:18.08 +28.52 58 49 Terentjeva Irina LTU *16:42:15 3:18.85 +29.29 59 62 Yuxia Hou CHN *16:45:30 3:21.73 +32.17 60 64 Calder Katherine AUS *16:46:00 3:23.46 +33.90 61 56 Bottomley Esther AUS *16:44:00 3:25.50 +35.94 62 68 Brumley Clare-Louise AUS *16:47:00 3:28.34 +38.78 63 63 Aydin Kelime TUR *16:45:45 3:29.56 +40.00 64 59 Nafranowitsch Irina BLR *16:44:45 3:31.06 +41.50 65 66 Bondarenko Smantha NZL *16:46:30 3:35.79 +46.23 66 58 Kouva Rayna BUL *16:44:30 3:38.09 +48.53 67 69 Mourao Jaqueline BRA *16:47:15 3:44.00 +54.44 68 71 Kuzmina Katarina ISR *16:47:45 3:52.21 +1:02.65 69 70 Varosyan Syuzanna ARM *16:47:30 3:58.19 +1:08.63 70 65 Zambo Viktoria HUN *16:46:15 4:05.40 +1:15.84 71 67 Becskehazy Franziska BRA *16:46:45 5:30.33 +2:40.77
